Kalimantan

[ kah-lee-mahn-tahn ]

/ ˌkɑ liˈmɑn tɑn /

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noun

Indonesian name of Borneo, especially referring to the southern, or Indonesian, part.

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Words nearby Kalimantan

Kalgoorlie, Kālī, kalian, Kalidasa, kalif, Kalimantan, kalimba, Kalina, Kalinin, Kaliningrad, kalinite

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How to use Kalimantan in a sentence

Around 400 Indonesians were arrested for illegally mining gold in Kalimantan, with others also risking imprisonment and death to capitalize on gold’s increased value.
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British Dictionary definitions for Kalimantan

Kalimantan

/ (ˌkælɪˈmæntən) /

noun

the Indonesian name for Borneo: applied to the Indonesian part of the island only, excluding the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the sultanate of Brunei. Pop: 11 341 558 (2000)

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